Brush-holder.



B. JOHNSEN.

BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15. 1917.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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BJOR'NULF JOHNSEN, OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HANLON & GOODMAN 00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BRUSH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

App1ication filed November 15, 1917. Serial No. 202,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BJORNULF J OHNSEN, a subject of the King of Norway, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush Holders, of which the following is a specification.

M invention relates to brush holders for suspendin paint brushes, or the like, in pots or pails. The object of my invention is to provide a brush with an improved device, whereby the brush may be suspended in a pot or pail in such manner as to ban vertically therein with the bristles out 0 contact with the side of the pot. It is highly desirable that the brush should be hung in this manner, so that the bristles will not be deformed by contact with the surface of the pot, and also that the holder, when retracted, should assume a position in which it is out of the way and does not present any appreciable obstacle to the hand of the painter. The device should also be adjusted in a simple and effective manner and not be liable to become clogged with dried paint or otherwise rendered ineflective. My invention aims to provide a structure having these desirable attributes. Accordingly, I so form and mount a holder on thebrush as to provide a hook portion having portions which press against both the outer and the inner surfaces of the pot when the holder is hooked over the edge thereof. By this means, the holder is given a positive and certain bearing on the pot, so that the desired alinement of the brush is insured in all cases. Preferably, the bearing of the holder against the surfaces of the pot is provided at a plurality of points, so that the operation is more certain than in the case of a hook having a limited contact with the edge of the pot in line with the center of the brush, as has been usual.

Such a construction can best be formed by bending the holder of strong and resilient wire, the end portions of which extend horizontally and have sliding engagement with the head of the brush. The hook or holding portion of the holder. is formed by providing a central downwardly extending loop adapted to engage the front edge of the pot, and downwardly extending portions on each side of this loop, which are offset somewhat to the rear of the front loop,

and are adapted to contact against the in- I nor surface of the pot, the loop and the downwardly extending arms being joined at the top by horizontal portions which are adapted to rest on the top edge of the pot. With such a construction, the hook portion of the holder may be given approximately the same lateral curvature as the edge of the brush head, so that the holder may rest snugly against the curved surface of the brush when in its inoperative position. Or, if desired, the hook might, in many cases, be withdrawn into a suitable recess in the brush head.

In order that a clearer understanding of my invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and illustrating certain embodiments of my invention. In the drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a brush suspended within a pot shown in section, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the brush with the holder extended as in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the brush, Fig. 4 is a section taken on line l4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a top plan view corresponding to Fig. 2, but with the holder in retracted position, and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of an oval brush with a holder shown in extended position.

flat-headed type and comprises a handle 1, a head 2 and the bristles 3. The sides of the head are flat and the end portions are curved, as shown at 4, in the usual manner. The head is illustrated as sheathed with metal 10 having peripheral heads 5, 6 and 7 extending around the same as is usual, although this is not essential.

The holder is illustrated as applied to one of the curved end portions of the brush head 2, so that the brush may be suspended radially within a round paint pot 8. The holder, in the preferred form as illustrated,

is formedof a single piece of strong and resilient metal wire bent to provide a pair of adjacent the forward ends of the straight portions of the bead 6 through which portions 9 of the holder extend. The extent of forward and back movement of the holder may be limited by any suitable means, such as by providing the rear ends of portions 9 of the holder with inwardly bent ends 12, which are adapted to move forward and back in suitable recesses 13 formed in the brush head.

The wire of the holder is bent upwardly from the forward ends of portions 9, as is illustrated at 1 1-, i i. From the upper ends of portions 1%, portions 15, 15, extend approximately horizontally, toward the center line and somewhat forwardly, the inner and forward ends of portions 15 being bent downwardly to form the downwardly extending loop 16. The holding portion of the device therefore formed of four approximately vertical portions joined together, as shown in Fig. 3. to present a central U- shape and a pair of inverted U-shapes on each side thereof.

The forward loop 16 may be offset forwardly from the portions 14- a distance equal to the average thickness of metal in the pots with which the device is to be used. \Vhen the brush is to be suspended in a pot. the holder is pulled forwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the holder slipped over the upper edge of a pot with the loop 16 extending on the outer side and the arms 1% engaging against. the inner'side of themetal of the pot adjacent the upper edge. In the illustration, the pot 8 is shown as having an outwardl extending bead 17 at its upper edge, in which case the arms 14 press firmly against the inner surface of the pot, while the loop 16 engages the front edge of the bead. and the horizontal portions 15 of the holder rest on the upper edge of the bead. Obviously, if the bead were formed to extend inwardly from the upper edge of the pot, the loop l6 would rest firmly against the outer surface of the pot with the arms 14: engaging the inner surface of the bead. As illustrated, the bead 7 on the brush head may also form an additional bearing against the inner surface of the pot to assist in holding the brush in vertical position. Variations in the sizes of pots will not make enough difference in the curvature of the are engaged by the holder to interfere with its operation. Obviously, also, the holder may be used with no head g at t e e or ith vari us y shap d pails, with a slight change'in the bending of the holder, if necessary.

The portions 1%,15 and 16 of the holder may be $0 bent as to take approximately the same curvature as the curved end portion .4. of the brush head. so that when the holder is pushed back into inoperative position, the portions l t, 15 and 16 of the holder will lie insane? in approximate contact with the curved end surface of the brush head. When heads 5 and 6 are provided on the brush head, the vertical portions of the holder should be sufficiently short, so that the portions 1 f will be below the bead 5 when the holder is retracted. The holder will then be entirely out of the way when retracted, as shown in Fig. 5. The holder may be pulled into operative position by a simple manipulation and engaged with the edge of the pot by a simple downward pressure upon the brush.

The device is illustrated in Fig. 6 as applied to a brush of the type having an oval head 2. It will be observed that the construction is the same in this case as-in that just described, except that the arms 9 of the holder are curved to the conformation of the oval head, the resiliency of the metal of the holder being sufficient to permit ready forward and back movement of the holder.

It should be understood that my invention is not limited strictly to the exact details of construction described, but that a reasonable ranoe of equivalents is included within the invention within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is 2- 1. In a brush, the combination of a frame member and a holder mounted thereon for movement into operative and inoperative positions, said holder having a resilient portionadapted to hook over the edge of a paint pot and an adjacent resilient portion adapted to bear firmly against the inner surface of the pot, extending downwardly from the edge of the pot, to hold the brush in vertical position, out of contact with the inner surface of the pot, said holder being movable forwardly from said frame member into operative position.

2. In a brush, the combination of a frame member having a curved edge portion and a holder mounted on said member for movement into operative and inoperative positions, said holder having a horizontal portion adapted to bear on the edge of a paint pot and portions downwardly extending therefrom adapted to bear against the inner and outer surfaces of the pot, said portions being so offset with relation to each other, and of. such configuration, as to be adapted to all rest in approximate contact with the curved edge portion ofsaid member, when theholder is ininoperati-veposition.

3. In a brush, the combination of abrush head havinga .flllrved edge portion, anda holder having a portion slidably mounted thereon, and a holding portion, comprising an :arm adapted to contact the outersurfajce of a paint pot, an arm adapted to contact the inner surface of the pot, and a connecting portion adapted to rest on the edge of the pot; said arms being offset in relation to each other, so as to be adapted to lie approximately against the curved edge portion of the brush head, when the holder is in retracted position.

4. In a brush, the combinationof a brush head and a holder, having a horizontal portion slidably mounted thereon and a front portion, the front portion comprising a pair of vertically arranged arms connected together at the top, one of said arms being rearwardly ofi'set from the other, so that said front portion may be slipped over the edge of a paint pot with said arms contacting the inner and outer surfaces of the pot.

5. In a brush, the combination of a frame member and a holder mounted to extend therefrom, having a resilient hook portion adapted to extend over the edge of a paint pot with downwardly extending portions adapted to bear firmly against the inner and outer surfaces of the pot, to hold the brush in vertical position, out of contact with the inner surface of the pot.

6. In a brush, the combination of a frame member and a holder mounted to extend therefrom formed of a single resilient piece bent to present a forward, downwardly extending loop, and a downwardly extending arm at each side and somewhat to the rear thereof, said arms being joined to said loop by transverse top portions, said loop being adapted to firmly engage and bear against the outer and said arms the inner surface of a paint pot, with said top portions extending over the edge thereof, to hold the brush in vertical position out of contact with the inner surface of the pot. v

7. In a brush, the combination of a brush head and a holder formed of wire bent to form a pair of arms mounted to slide hori zontally adjacent the sides of the head, and a hook structure adapted to extend beyond the edge of the head, comprising a central downwardly extending loop, transverse top portions extending toward the sides and somewhat rearwardly from the loop, and portions extending downwardly from the outer edges of said top portions to join the rearwardly extending slidable arms, said loop and downwardly extending portions being adapted to engage the outer and inner surfaces, respectively, of a paint pot when the hook structure is engaged over the edge thereof.

This specification signed and witnessed this 12th day of November, 1917.

BJORNULF J OHNSEN.

Witnesses DYER SMITH, I. MCINTOSH.

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